Check assignee

Checks if a user has permission to be assigned to an issue in this repository.

GET /repos/:owner/:repo/assignees/:assignee

Response

If the assignee can be assigned to issues in the repository, a 204 header with no content is returned.

Status: 204 No Content

Otherwise a 404 status code is returned.

Status: 404 Not Found

Add assignees to an issue

Note: You can now use emoji in label names, add descriptions to labels, and search for labels in a repository. See the blog post for full details. To access these features and receive payloads with this data during the preview period, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.symmetra-preview+json

Warning: The API may change without advance notice during the preview period. Preview features are not supported for production use. If you experience any issues, contact GitHub support.

Adds up to 10 assignees to an issue. Users already assigned to an issue are not replaced.

POST /repos/:owner/:repo/issues/:number/assignees

Parameters

Name

Type

Description

assignees

array of strings

Usernames of people to assign this issue to. NOTE: Only users with push access can add assignees to an issue. Assignees are silently ignored otherwise.

Example

This example adds two assignees to the existing octocat assignee.

{"assignees":["hubot","other_user"]}

Response

Status: 201 Created

{"id":1,"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/1347","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/1347/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/1347/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/1347/events","html_url":"https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/issues/1347","number":1347,"state":"open","title":"Found a bug","body":"I'm having a problem with this.","user":{"login":"octocat","id":1,"avatar_url":"https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat","html_url":"https://github.com/octocat","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"id":208045946,"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels/bug","name":"bug","description":"Houston, we have a problem","color":"f29513","default":true}],"assignee":{"login":"octocat","id":1,"avatar_url":"https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat","html_url":"https://github.com/octocat","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"assignees":[{"login":"octocat","id":1,"avatar_url":"https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat","html_url":"https://github.com/octocat","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},{"login":"hubot","id":1,"avatar_url":"https://github.com/images/error/hubot_happy.gif","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/hubot","html_url":"https://github.com/hubot","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hubot/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hubot/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hubot/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hubot/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hubot/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hubot/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hubot/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hubot/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hubot/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":true},{"login":"other_user","id":1,"avatar_url":"https://github.com/images/error/other_user_happy.gif","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/other_user","html_url":"https://github.com/other_user","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/other_user/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/other_user/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/other_user/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/other_user/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/other_user/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/other_user/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/other_user/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/other_user/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/other_user/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false}],"milestone":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones/1","html_url":"https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/milestones/v1.0","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones/1/labels","id":1002604,"number":1,"state":"open","title":"v1.0","description":"Tracking milestone for version 1.0","creator":{"login":"octocat","id":1,"avatar_url":"https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat","html_url":"https://github.com/octocat","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"open_issues":4,"closed_issues":8,"created_at":"2011-04-10T20:09:31Z","updated_at":"2014-03-03T18:58:10Z","closed_at":"2013-02-12T13:22:01Z","due_on":"2012-10-09T23:39:01Z"},"locked":true,"active_lock_reason":"too heated","comments":0,"pull_request":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/1347","html_url":"https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/1347","diff_url":"https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/1347.diff","patch_url":"https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/1347.patch"},"closed_at":null,"created_at":"2011-04-22T13:33:48Z","updated_at":"2011-04-22T13:33:48Z"}

Remove assignees from an issue

Note: You can now use emoji in label names, add descriptions to labels, and search for labels in a repository. See the blog post for full details. To access these features and receive payloads with this data during the preview period, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.symmetra-preview+json

Warning: The API may change without advance notice during the preview period. Preview features are not supported for production use. If you experience any issues, contact GitHub support.

Removes one or more assignees from an issue.

DELETE /repos/:owner/:repo/issues/:number/assignees

Parameters

Name

Type

Description

assignees

array of strings

Usernames of assignees to remove from an issue. NOTE: Only users with push access can remove assignees from an issue. Assignees are silently ignored otherwise.

Example

This example removes two of three assignees, leaving the octocat assignee.

{"assignees":["hubot","other_user"]}

Response

Status: 200 OK

{"id":1,"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/1347","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/1347/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/1347/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/1347/events","html_url":"https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/issues/1347","number":1347,"state":"open","title":"Found a bug","body":"I'm having a problem with this.","user":{"login":"octocat","id":1,"avatar_url":"https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat","html_url":"https://github.com/octocat","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"id":208045946,"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels/bug","name":"bug","description":"Houston, we have a problem","color":"f29513","default":true}],"assignee":{"login":"octocat","id":1,"avatar_url":"https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat","html_url":"https://github.com/octocat","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"assignees":[{"login":"octocat","id":1,"avatar_url":"https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat","html_url":"https://github.com/octocat","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false}],"milestone":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones/1","html_url":"https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/milestones/v1.0","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones/1/labels","id":1002604,"number":1,"state":"open","title":"v1.0","description":"Tracking milestone for version 1.0","creator":{"login":"octocat","id":1,"avatar_url":"https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat","html_url":"https://github.com/octocat","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"open_issues":4,"closed_issues":8,"created_at":"2011-04-10T20:09:31Z","updated_at":"2014-03-03T18:58:10Z","closed_at":"2013-02-12T13:22:01Z","due_on":"2012-10-09T23:39:01Z"},"locked":true,"active_lock_reason":"too heated","comments":0,"pull_request":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/1347","html_url":"https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/1347","diff_url":"https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/1347.diff","patch_url":"https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/1347.patch"},"closed_at":null,"created_at":"2011-04-22T13:33:48Z","updated_at":"2011-04-22T13:33:48Z"}